Improvement in horse-collars



lC. H. STEVENS Horse-Collar.

No.- 210,219. Patented Nov. 26, 187s.

VIII/IA N4 PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

UNrrED STATEsPA'r-ENT OEEIcE.'

cHAELEsH, srEvE Ns, on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS'.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-COLLARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,219, dated November26, 1878; application led Aprn 25, 1878. i

To all 'whom t't may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES H. STEVENS, ot'Ghicago, Cook county, State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHorse-Collars, of which the following is a specification, theaccompanying drawings being a part thereof.

My invention relates specially to an improvement in the collar describedin Letters Patent N o. 188,550, granted to me, and dated March 20, 18775 and consists in making the U-shaped plate therein described flexibleat its lower or middle portion, with the object of securing adjustmentofthe collar to horses1 necks of different thickness, and also offacilitating the operation of putting it on.

It also consists in a new arrangement of the several edges of leather inthe seams connectiu g the parts of the collar, fully set forth below.

Figure 1 shows my improved collar viewed in fron t, the outline of theinclosed metal plate being indicated by dotted lines a a. Fig. 2 is asection of one side of the collar through the line a: Fig. l, and showsthe relations of the several parts and illustrates the mode ofconstruction.- Figs. 3 and A are, respectively, vertical and horizontalsections of the box B, showing a joint in the plate at its lower ormiddle portion. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the box and ends ofmetal plate embraced therein, showing expansibility of the collar.

The parts composing my improved collar are the metal U-shaped plate A,made 'flexible at B, Fig. l; the casing o f the plate formed by` theleather strips C and D, Fig. 2 5 the shoulderpad E, and the haine guardor rim F, with any approved form of neck-pad, H, over which the ends ofthe collar are buckled or otherwise joined.

suggested in said prior Letters Patent, the

lower portion may be made square or round7 and of a size to allowsufficient liexnre; or it may be flat at this point, and the flat partbent ont horizontally to lie up next to the rim. So it may be positivelyjointed in various ways. 'I prefer a positive joint, as it may thus bemade more cheaply of malleable iron. Such a joint is herein shown, andmade asfollows:

B is a solid cast-metal box, having a rectangular longitudinal apertureof uniform size throughout its length. The plate A is made in two equalparts, extended and beveled at their lower ends to overlie each otherwithin B, as shown clearly in Fig. 4, making a lap of uniform thicknessand little thinner than the aperture in which they lie. The portions ofA forming the Vlap are also cut away on their edges both ways from themiddle of the lap, giving them the form shown in Fig. 3.

Through the middle of the box B and of the lapping ends of. A passes therivet Gr. By means of the joint'thus formed the upper portion of thecollar may be spread to pass easily over the neck, and the bearingportion of the collar may also be adjusted to necks of varyingthickness. By reason of the lap being thinner than the aperture a slightbackward and forward movement of one side of the collar relative to theother is alsopermitted, which is in some casesdesirable. The box andjoint may be covered with leather, or not, as may be preferred.

Fig. 3 illustrates the best mode of putting my improved collar together,when a xed padv is required. The seam I, first sewed, emA braces bothedges of the rim-leatherand one edge of each of the strips C and D,which form the plate-casing, and of J, which forms the shoulder-padcover. When this seam is sewed J is turned back into the positionindicated by the dotted lines J', though it may be i'n .eluded withedges4 of G and D between the edges of the rim-leather. After sewing theseam I, C and D are drawn tightly over the plate A and are stitched atK, close to and fully around the outer margin of the plate. Finally thepad-cover J is drawn ,in and stitched to G, D, or to one of them in theseam L. .In giving these relations to the several leather portions ofthebody of the collar the plate isindependently and securely held, a

`broad base of attachment is given to the rim 3. The plate A, made intwo parts, having,1 their lower extremities tapered, embraced, and heldinthe box B, substantially asshown, and for the purposes set forth.

4. A haine-collar provided with a U-shaped plate, A, and having theleather portions that incase the plate and those that further form thebody of the collar and rim secured to each other in the relationsubstantially as shown and described, and for the purposes specified.

CHARLES H. STEVENS.

Witnesses:

Jnssn Cox, Jr., M. E. DAYTON.

